Weekend Chinese culture quiz. If someone says, " I gotta visit Master Tony (Tony老师)". Who is Master Tony?
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老师 is short for 老师傅 henan hua 老师儿 means people with some sort of skill
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henan hua and erhuayin at same time, but in henan style pronouncaition, only in henan or some area neaby say laoshier if say laoshi, standard, only for real teacher but add er, laoshier, you can all a bike or car repairman laoshier, or call a construction worker laoshier
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I am thinking maybe reverse standardlizd/mandarinlized, In Tony 老师 case, people in cities keep henan hua laoshier meaning, people with sort of skill, barber is people with skill of hair cut. reduce er to 老师 no erhuayin.
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